General Cycling Discussion - perscription eyewear?

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Dan0930
07-01-04, 10:00 AM
Anyone have any suggestions for perscription eyewear for cycling. The every day glasses I wear tend to slip and the wind is all over. I'd like something a little more stable and with better coverage. As a note I also have a pretty strong perscription.

Dan

MERTON
07-01-04, 10:08 AM
Anyone have any suggestions for perscription eyewear for cycling. The every day glasses I wear tend to slip and the wind is all over. I'd like something a little more stable and with better coverage. As a note I also have a pretty strong perscription.

Dan

i've always wanted a pair of rudy project ekynox mask frames with lense from sportsoptical.com .... i'll get them someday. they're only like $250 for the lenses and the frames (pretty decent price).
slvoid
07-01-04, 10:14 AM
Ekynox are only $80 here: http://gearguys.com/50001.html
Add in the adapter and the perscription and I believe you'll end up at below $200.

MERTON
07-01-04, 10:28 AM
Ekynox are only $80 here: http://gearguys.com/50001.html
Add in the adapter and the perscription and I believe you'll end up at below $200.
those aren't the mask.http://www.rudyprojectusa.com/products/goggles/index.htm#

the mask doesnt have those nasty ear peices to dig in yer head.
Dan0930
07-01-04, 12:31 PM
Thanks for the input those look great.. having two seperate lenses looks great. Anyone have these? pros? cons?

thanks
Retro Grouch
07-01-04, 02:18 PM
Thanks for the input those look great.. having two seperate lenses looks great. Anyone have these? pros? cons?

thanks

I don't have any personal experience, but I recall a similar thread on one of the bulletin borads within the past month or two.

In that thread, a couple of different posters indicated the ones that use a separate lense holder put the prescription lenses too close to your face so that they tend to fog up. As a result, I decided to go with a pair of prescription sun glasses. My eyeglass guy retro fitted a pair of bows that curve behind my ears. There is no way these are going to slide down my nose or fall off.
Teofilo
07-02-04, 10:24 AM
I have the Performance brand with prescription inserts. They are comfortable and work great. They're not as cool looking as the others but they're also not as much money.